Live Like a Mensch

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• Failing at Meal Planning

  Nearly every week, I sit down on the weekend with a pile of cookbooks, a calendar for the week, and a pad of paper for my grocery list. The result generally looks like this: Monday: Chicken Tortilla Soup from Fix It and Forget It Lightly Tuesday: Citrus... Posted Oct 26 2012, 02:38 PM by Emily Guy Birken with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Food, Waste, Frugality, Cooking

• The Leftover Divide

  Photo courtesy of Anna from Eagle, WI--who totally has the pyrex I grew up with! Recently, Donna Freedman, one of my favorite money and frugality bloggers, wrote an article about cooking with leftovers in mind for the site Get Rich Slowly. Judging by... Posted Mar 06 2012, 07:11 PM by Emily Guy Birken with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Food, Waste, Cooking

• Meal Planning

  A central tenet to organization, frugality, healthy eating and other important aspects of mensch-hood is meal planning. This, surprisingly, is one area where I do not fall down on the job. I think is is partially because it gives me a weekly excuse to... Posted Nov 09 2011, 04:15 PM by Emily Guy Birken with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Food, Waste, Cooking, Time Management